Ash receiver



Julysl, 1945. R. N. @Ams f 2,380,317

ASH RECEIVER l Filed July l, 1942 INVETOR ROBERT N. BA YL /5 ATTORN EYS Patented July 31, 17945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Asn RECEIVER Robert N. Baylis, Caldwell, N. J., assigner to Smokador Manufacturing Co., Inc., Bloomfield, N.A J., a corporation of Delaware Application July 1, 1942, Serial No. 449,203

'4 claims.

My invention lrelates to an ash receiver ,and

I receptacle :lust beneath the ash tray portion.

It is an object of the invention generally to provide an improved form of closure means for the refuse opening in an ash receiver.

It is a more specific object to provide an improved form of closure meansv of the character f indicated, which is simple in construction, relatively cheap to manufacture, and which is in a large measure self-cleaning. Y

Another object is to provide a closure means which will leave a maximum of refuse space beneath the closure.

It is another object to provide a closure means of the type swinging in a generally horizontal plane, which will provide for the maximum opening with a minimum of angular movement ofA top portion of the receiver shown in Figs. l and v2;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the closure mechanism separated from the ash tray portion of the receiver;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional.

view, taken substantially in the plane of the line 5- of Fig. 4; Y

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view, taken substantially in the plane of the line B-B of Fig. 4.

'I'he ash tray portion Ii is supported upon an ash receiver of any desired type. In the form shown, the ash tray portion is in the form of a cover for a refuse receptacle B, but .it is to be understood that the ash tray may be otherwise supported and that the refuse receptacle may he in the base and thus far removed from the ash tray. The ash tray has a sloping central portion or depressioni provided with a bottom opening 8. The opening I, in the preferred form, is of elongated form, having more or less parallel, substantially straight longitudinal sides 3 9 and rounded ends I0. 'Ihe bottom opening 8 is normally closed by means of closure means, preferably in the form of a pair oi cooperating shutters VI II2 movable in more or less horizontalV planes. The shutters II-I2 arepivotally mounted so as to swing into open and closed positions, as will be hereinafter described. f

In the form shown, beneath the ash tray 5 is a frame i3, preferably secured to the under-side of the ash tray and which may be said to be a part of the ash tray means. f As illustrated, the framev I3 is of generally elongated form having rounded, flanged or stiffened ends Id-Id and upwardly directed feet or spacer flanges I5-I5 to engage the under-side of the tray 5. The tray may be provided with angle hangers I6 having bendable ends I'I to be bent underneath the frame I3 for positioning and holding the frame denitely in place on the under-side of the tray 5. In the preferred form, theframe or platform I3 carries the shutters and other closure mechanism. In the form shown, the tray at spaced apart points about the opening 8 has punched up or drawn pivots Iii-I8 preferably at diametrically opposite ends of the opening, although the positioning of the pivots may be substantially changed without aecting the inventive features. The shutters II-I2 may have enlargements or pivot bosses I9 provided with openings for receiving the drawn up pivots I8 whereby the shutters are pivoted for swinging in more or less horizontal planes. The shutters may be held against displacement from the pivots I8IB by suitable means such as tongues 20-20 struck up from the metal of the frame I3 and bent over the boss portions I9 of the shutters. Thepshutters II-IZ preferably rest on the frame I3 and the latter is preferably provided with an edge or land 2| `defining an opening in the frame in registry with the ,opening 8 inthe ash tray, and the space between the bottom edge of the opening 8 and the land ZI is of just sumcient size to slidably receive the flat plate shutters II-I2 as is clearly indicated in Fig. 2.

The shutters when in closed position, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, have edges in abutting relationship and forming a tight closure. The abutting edges in the form shown are straight and each edge or the abutting edges when they are together define a line 22 which, with an elongated opening as shown, extends diagonally -and lengthwise yof the opening. .This general formation is for an advantageous and specific purpose, as will later appear. It will be seen that the end of each shutter remote from its pivot point covers a substantially greater portion of the opening than a corresponding portion of the shutter nearer to the pivot. In other words, line 22, deiining the adjacent side of each shutter when in closed position, is removed a distance from its adjacent side ci the opening 8, a distance which is substantially in direct ratio to its distance from its pivot. The :particular positioning of the pivots will vary the exactness of this ratio to some extent, but, in general, the ratio is substantially as stated. Thus, when the shutters are swung to open position as shown in Fig. 3, the straight sides will pass to or beyond the edges of the opening 8 and form a clear passage for cigarette or cigar butts and other refuse, and it will be noted that the angular movement of each of the shutters in moving from completely closed to completely open position will be relatively small; that is to say, the angular movement is approximately the angle between the line 22 and the longitudinal side 9 of the opening 8.

The shutters illustrated when moved simultaneously (as they would be in normal use) open or close with what may be termed a parallel motion in that the abutting sides remain parallel to each other during opening and closing movements.

. The shutters are normally urged toward closed position by spring means, which may be in the form of hairpin springs 23 engaging at one end an ear 24 on the projecting or lever end of the shutter and at the other end behind a lug or ear 25 struck up from the frame I3. The height of the land 2| is preferably such as to provide a space between the shutters and frame I3 sumcient to house the springs 23 and thus hold them in place. The abutment of the edges of the shutters will serve as a stop for the shutters with relation to each other.

The shutters are preferably connected to each other for simultaneous opening and closing movements and various push or pull means may be employed for actuating them. In the form shown, an extended arm 26 on one shutter, say the shutter I2, has a flange 21 thereon with a slot therein for receiving a bead chain 28. A flange 29 on the other shutter, say the shutter II, has a corresponding slot for receiving the bead chain 28. It will be seen that the chain 28 connecting the two shutters extends along at one side of the line, joining the two pivots, and the points of connection of the chain to each shutter are spaced equidistantly from the respective pivots so that a particular angular movement of one shutter will, through the chain, transmit an equal angular movement to the other shutter. For convenience, the two shutters may be connected by two chains as heretofore described, as will be clear from Fig. 4. In the form shown, the ash tray portion is providedwith chain bells 30-30 for passage of the' two chains so that the shutters may be actuated from the outside of the ash receiver. It will be seen that when either chain is pulled, the shutters will be opened, say to the position shown in Fig. 3. my refuse which might have collected on top ofthe shutters will be scraped on by the edge of the opening 8 in the ash tray. Any refuse which might get into the space between the frame and the under-side of the ash tray may freely fall through suitable spaces or openings lI--3I in the frame.

asentar Thus have provided an .exceedingly simpie closure means for the bottom opening of an ash tray. The closure means is to a large extent self-cleansing and the shutters may be moved to wide open position with a minimum of angular movement thereof.

While the invention has been described in considerable detail and one specific form shown, it is to be understood that numerous changes may 'be made within the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an ash receiver, an ash tray having an elongated bottom opening, a pair of shutters for cooperatively closing said opening when said shutters are in edge abutting relationship to each other, the abutting edges of said shutters when in closed position defining a line extending generally diagonally across said opening from one end of said elongated opening to the other end thereof, and means pivotally mounting said shutters for movement in a common plane, said pivotal mounting means being located at opposite ends of said opening in substantial alignment with the major axis of said opening.

2. In an ash receiver, an ash tray having a bottom opening, said opening being of substantially elongated form with substantially straight parallel longitudinal sides, a pair of shutters for cooperatively closing said opening when in edge abutting relationship to each other, pivot means located adjacent the ends of said opening for respectively pivoting said shutters at opposite ends of said opening for swinging toward said opposite longitudinally extending sides of said opening, the abutting edge of each said shutter dening a line each point of which is removed from the adjacent side of that portion of said opening covered by the shutter a distance substantially in direct ratio to the distance of such point from the pivot point of the shutter.

3. An ash receiver, tray means, a part thereof having an opening for the passage of refuse, said tray means having a pair of spaced apart pivots struck up from the metal thereof, a pair of shutters pivotally mounted on said pivots and having flange means extending beyond said pivots, and ears struck up from said tray means adjacent said pivots and overstanding said flange means for holding said shutters against displacement from said pivots, said flange means and ears being of sumcient extent to hold said shutters on said pivots during normal opening and closing movement of said shutters.

4. In an ash receiver, an ash tray having a bottom opening therein, a generally ilat frame secured beneath said ash tray, said frame having a struck-up ange forming a land raised upwardly from the body of the frame and defining an opening beneath said bottom opening, generally ilat shutter means pivotally mounted on said irame and extending over and being guided on said land, said land serving to space a part of said generally flat shutter means from the body of said frame, spring means for urging said shutter means toward closed positionI said spring means being housed in said space between the body of said frame and the under-side of said generallyilat shutter means.

ROBERT N. BAYLIS. 

